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Will vitamin b12 help reduce and treat cold sores if taken as a daily vitamin? or is another vitamin b better? if so what mg shall i take, 500 or 1000
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Myths: No. Vitamin B12 has no role to play in treating Herpes.
Answered 6/24/2014
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Can b12 be treated with food and is it good to take vitamins sweets for it or is it just tablets and injections?
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